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Festival News

Short Films Sets (Viet Film Fest 2025)

“Let This Acceptance Take” (U.S. version) Friday, October 10 at 10:00 AM and 12:30 PM Virtual At-Home Screening from October 4 to 19 As part of this year’s High School Student’s Day screenings, and welcomed for general audiences, this short film set boasts an array of filmic approaches. From animation Read more…

By Communication Specialist, 4 monthsSeptember 24, 2025 ago
Festival News

Feature Film Synopses (Viet Film Fest 2025)

MASTER: FEATURE SYNOPSES (VFF 2025) Detective Kien: The Headless Horror (Thám tử Kiên: Kỳ án không đầu) (2025, Vietnam; dir. Victor Vũ) Friday, October 10 at 7:00 PM Detective Kien: The Headless Horror (Thám tử Kiên: Kỳ án không đầu), through a mix of classic detective narrative and supernatural horror, Read more…

By Communication Specialist, 4 monthsSeptember 24, 2025 ago
Festival News

Viet Film Fest 2025 Công Bố Danh Sách Phim và Sự Kiện Đặc Biệt; Vé Hiện Đang Được Bán

Santa Ana, CA (Ngày 18 tháng 9, 2025) –  Hội Văn Học Nghệ Thuật Việt Mỹ (VAALA) bắt đầu bán vé cho Viet Film Fest 2025. Đây là lễ hội điện ảnh quốc tế lớn nhất của cộng đồng người Việt hải ngoại, nhằm tôn vinh những câu chuyện Việt Read more…

By Communication Specialist, 4 monthsSeptember 19, 2025 ago
Festival News

Viet Film Fest 2025 Unveils Lineup and Special Events; Tickets Now on Sale

Santa Ana, CA (September 18, 2025) – The Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association (VAALA) is excited to announce that tickets are now on sale for Viet Film Fest 2025, a celebration of Vietnamese stories from around the world. The largest international Vietnamese film festival in the diaspora will take Read more…

By Communication Specialist, 4 monthsSeptember 18, 2025 ago
Festival News

Viet Film Fest 2025 to Unveil its Exciting Lineup at the Launch Event!

The Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association (VAALA) warmly invites you to join us for the annual Launch Event of Viet Film Fest 2025. This free community gathering is set for Sunday, September 14th, from 3 – 5 pm, at The Frida Cinema, 305 E. 4th Street #100, Santa Ana, Read more…

By Communication Specialist, 4 monthsSeptember 9, 2025 ago
Festival News

Viet Film Fest 2024 Concludes in Style with Its Biggest Ever Edition!

Santa Ana, CA – October 31, 2024 — After two weeks of celebrating Vietnamese storytelling, Viet Film Fest 2024 (VFF) proudly announces the successful conclusion of its largest edition to date, drawing record-breaking attendance and ticket sales! Presented by The Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association (VAALA), Viet Film Fest Read more…

By Communication Specialist, 1 yearOctober 31, 2024 ago
Festival News

Viet Film Fest 2024 Kicks Off This Weekend!

Santa Ana, California — October 2, 2024 — The Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association (VAALA) will kick off Viet Film Fest (VFF) this weekend, bringing together filmmakers and community members to celebrate the largest Vietnamese film festival in the diaspora. Starting October 5 to 20, the festival will commence Read more…

By Communication Specialist, 1 yearOctober 2, 2024 ago
Feature Film

Viet Film Fest 2024 công bố danh sách phim trình chiếu ở Mỹ | VOA Tiếng Việt

By Communication Specialist, 1 yearSeptember 28, 2024 ago

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Viet Film Fest 2023

Virtual
October 4 to 19

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The Frida Cinema, Santa Ana
October 10, 11, and 12

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Viet Film Fest

3 weeks ago

Viet Film Fest
✨Congratulations to "On Healing Land, Birds Perch" on being shortlisted for the Academy Award® for Best Documentary Short Film!👏 We’re proud to have featured this remarkable film at #VietFilmFest2025 and to celebrate its journey from #VietFilmFesttotheOscars!At #VietFilmFest, audiences engaged with the filmmaker through an in-person Q&A following the screening alongside “Year of the Cat” on Saturday, October 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM. Watch the full Q&A now on our YouTube channel—link below.youtu.be/-h0oNLneE9Q“On Healing Land, Birds Perch” is a short documentary that tells the remarkable stories behind one of the most iconic photos in history, while acting as a portal into the “varied carols,” to borrow from Walt Whitman, of trauma and the American journey. This is the first documentary, from a Vietnamese born filmmaker that explores the continuing aftershocks of the Vietnam War from the perspectives of both sides of the war: North Vietnamese and South Vietnamese including Vietnamese Americans alive today. The story is told through the iconic Pulitzer winning photo of General Loan shooting a Vietcong captain Nguyen Van Lem in the head on the second day of the 1968 Tet Offensive.🎥 #VietFilmFest2025 was an unforgettable celebration of Vietnamese creativity and community! Over two inspiring weeks (October 4–19), audiences from around the world came together—virtually and in person at The Frida Cinema in Downtown Santa Ana (October 10–12)—to honor the vision and artistry of Vietnamese filmmakers. ... See MoreSee Less

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✨Congratulations to "We Were the Scenery" on being shortlisted for the Academy Award® for Best Documentary Short Film!👏 We’re proud to have featured this remarkable film at #VietFilmFest2025 and to celebrate its journey from #VietFilmFesttotheOscars!Featured as part of our Remember My Forgotten Man short film set, "We Were the Scenery" traces Vietnam, the Philippines, and the USA through the lens of lived experience and cinema. Following their escape from Vietnam in 1975, Hoa Thi Le and Hue Nguyen Che, along with nearly 100 other refugees, became background extras in Apocalypse Now. Guided by their memories, "We Were the Scenery" explores past and present, truth and fiction, life and film.At #VietFilmFest, audiences had the chance to engage with the filmmakers through both virtual and in-person Q&As. Our virtual session featured director Christopher Robert Radcliff, and the in-person discussion included Cathy Linh Che and her mom. Watch the full Q&As on our YouTube channel—link belowwww.youtube.com/@vietfilmfest9619/videosWE WERE THE SCENERY is now available on the Criterion Channel! 🎥 #VietFilmFest2025 was an unforgettable celebration of Vietnamese creativity and community! Over two inspiring weeks (October 4–19), audiences from around the world came together—virtually and in person at The Frida Cinema in Downtown Santa Ana (October 10–12)—to honor the vision and artistry of Vietnamese filmmakers.#AcademyAwards #OscarsShortlist #DocumentaryShort #VietnameseCinema #RememberMyForgottenMan ... See MoreSee Less

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We are proud to be a central platform for the voices of Vietnamese filmmakers and stories about the Vietnamese people. Viet Film Fest welcomes your support in our collaborative project to use cinema as a tool for spotlighting our diversity of voices.

Virtual
October 4 to 19

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The Frida Cinema, Santa Ana
October 10, 11, and 12

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